the Japanese Snoopy magazine
The mailman must like me, because he’s been bringing me a lot of Peanuts goodies lately. Today, it’s an issue of a Japanese Snoopy magazine from the 1970s. And I feel like going through it right now, so here I go. The cover is a particularly low-resolution of Snoopy looking, …
Got a copy!
The postal carrier just brought me some copies of A Peanuts Halloween, the trick-or-treat minicomic. First, let me note that by minicomic, they don’t mean “pocket-sized”. This is 8.5″ high, 5.5″ wide — what small-press comics folks would call “digest sized”. It’s 16 pages, including covers. The back cover is …
Okay, you can get the minicomic
I’ve now learned that there’s a sampler pack of Halloween minicomics, including the Peanuts Halloween comic, which you can lay your hands on. Call your local comic shop (you can find their address here) and ask if they are getting the Halloween 2008 Mini-Comics Variety Pack Sampler. They probably won’t …
Return of the Snow Block
Last year, Barnes & Noble had an exclusive book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas, reprinting the original adaptation of the TV special, with a “snow block” – basically, a rectangular snow globe. (In fact, that edition is still available.) This November, they have another new edition, again packaged with …
Peanuty Titans
There’s a comic book series called Tiny Titans which takes characters from the superhero comic Teen Titans and reimagines them as elementary school kids with far less life-and-death in their conflicts. A lot of it is jokes that it would seem to only be meaningful to those with a working …
Whoops, don’t
I just heard from a comics retailer that the Peanuts Halloween minicomics are not for sale. Rather, they’re for shops to give away on Halloween. I hope no one rushed off to the store on my suggestion. Time to start planning my trick-or-treat route.
Peanuts mini-comic
Ach, how did I miss this? Hitting better comic book stores today is A Peanuts Halloween, a mini comic book. Sold in bundles of 12 (for $4.99), this is a little comic book reprinting strips, meant to be handed out to trick-or-treaters. Call your local comic shop and ask if …
More downloadable Peanuts
Ach, in putting together my last post, I missed that iTunes has a number of specials available which Amazon doesn’t. As individual purchases, you can get: Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? It’s a Mystery, Charlie Brown What a Nightmare, …
Digital Delivery of Da Gang
One of the fine AAUGH blog readers reminds me that something which I knew was in the works has come to pass: seven Peanuts specials are now available for download, through iTunes but also through Amazon (where you can download to a PC, a TiVo, or a Sony Bravia thingamajoogie, …
a minor variation
For you hardcore collectors: I noticed that Hallmark has their own edition of the It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown board book that came out last year. The variations are small – Hallmark publishing logo, bar code and price on a sticker instead of printed on the book itself, stuff …